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Parents received their passports with visas today. The format of PCC worked.

I sent the documents, delivered on Feb 15th. No update so far.

My parents immigrant visa application was denied during the visa interview in Montreal. They received 221g to submit correct format of Canadian Police Certificate. 1) For the interview, my parents took Canadian Police Certificate that said "Type of Criminal Record Check for Personal Use: Visa-Border Crossing, Foreign Travel, Work document". This document was rejected. 2) They obtained police certificate again by following the guidelines given by the visa officer. However, we aren't sure if we got the right format now. Given that risk/consequence of submitting incorrect format document again is high, reaching out to this community to confirm if we have the right format of Canadian police certificate now. Please take a look at the attached latest police certificate and share your thoughts. Thanks

I came to Canada (BC) from USA on a closed work permit, working at one of the tech companies in BC. I am about to quit my job (for personal reasons). My closed work permit is valid for 2 more years. Will it remain valid even if I resign my job at this company? Am I legally allowed to stay in Canada while the work permit is valid? If I don't find another job in a few months, I will move back to US. But I am not sure if I am allowed to stay here and look for another job. I want to look for another job. Do I have an option to convert my closed work permit to an open work permit? What is the process for it? Or is finding another employer and changing to their closed work permit the only option. My wife also is currently working on a closed work permit. Can I apply for an open work permit as her dependent? Wondering if it is better to apply to open work permit by myself or better to apply as my wife's dependent. If I get the open permit as my wife's dependent, will I automatically lose my work permit if my wife loses her job for some reason? Thank you for your help.

I am a US citizen applying family based US GC for my parents. My parents are born in India, naturalized Canadian citizens living in Canada since 2015. I applied for I-130 for both my parents in April 2022, I received I-130 approvals in May 2023. I am preparing for the next step (NVC) and looking for guidance. 1) My parents do not have birth certificate. They are both born in India prior to 1969. a) Do I need to obtain non-availability of birth certificate for them, so are birth affidavits enough? b) Who should provide the birth affidavits? Can my parents provide the affidavits or should it be from someone who has knowledge of their birth (i.e. someone older than the parent and has knowledge of the birth)? c) My parents are 75+ and they barely have one relative older than them and has knowledge of their birth. What are our options regarding who can provide the affidavit? 2) Since they lived in India (before 2015) and Canada (after 2015) in the last 10 years, I am assuming I should get police clearance letter from both the countries. a) Is that assumption correct? b) Can I get the police clearance certificate from the Indian consulate in Canada, or should it have to be from a govt office in India? 3) Do I have to be in US while my parents application is in processing? I would like to move to Canada temporarily on work permit (I have a job offer to move there) to stay with my parents until they get US GC and move to US 4) What is the approximate processing time in Montreal, Canada for IR5 visas? Once I submit the documents to NVC, what is the overall timeline I should expect. This will help me decide whether I should stay back in US and wait, or move to Canada temporarily while we wait for parents' GC. 5) Can my parents purchase private health insurance in US via obamacare marketplace once they submit apply for NVC? or do they have to wait till they enter the US on GC? Thank you!